Ground bus (50) including a body section (48) having a plurality of apertures (52) for grounding of a like plurality of modules (16). Ground bus (50) is mountable in an enclosure (10) and includes an integral termination section (62) whereinto an external ground conductor is inserted to be compressed by a terminal (56) against the body section (48) for quickly establishing a ground connection.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A ground bus, comprising: a body section having a plurality of grounding sites therealong, and a conductor termination site formed to include a tab integral with said body section and spaced a selected distance therefrom to define a conductor-receiving region therebetween, and having a terminal-receiving aperture orthogonal to said conductor-receiving region and opposing a portion of said body section and being adapted for receipt therethrough and retention therein of a terminal inserted toward said body section portion, whereby a terminal extending through said terminal-receiving aperture engages a conductor disposed in said conductor-receiving region to compress said conductor against said body section to define a ground connection therewith.
2. The ground bus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said termination site includes a conductor-receiving hole through a bight section joining said tab to said body section and aligned with said conductor-receiving region.
3. The ground bus as set forth in claim 1 wherein wings are formed along said body section opposed from said terminal-receiving aperture defining a conductor nest therebetween.
4. A ground bus, comprising: a body section having a plurality of grounding sites therealong, a conductor termination site formed to include a tab integral with said body section and spaced a selected distance therefrom to define a conductor-receiving region therebetween, and having a terminal-receiving aperture orthogonal to said conductor-receiving region and opposing a portion of said body section, and a terminal inserted through said terminal-receiving aperture toward said body section portion and movable with respect thereto, whereby the terminal is movable to engage a conductor disposed in said conductor-receiving region to compress said conductor against said body section to define a ground connection therewith.
5. The ground bus as set forth in claim 4 wherein said terminal is threaded.
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May 22, 1997
November 25, 2003
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